# Dunvegan-Central Peace

Dunvegan-Central Peace was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 2004 to 2012.
Following the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, Dunvegan was the only division with a population of less than 75% the provincial average, with its recorded population of 24,202. It is thus formally designated as a special consideration division, as opposed to a standard rural division. Because of its isolation, the constituency meets criteria in the Albertan election laws allowing for this discrepancy. Until 2004, the district of Dunvegan, with almost the same boundaries.
The constituency laid on the border with British Columbia. Major towns include Fairview, Falher, Grimshaw and Spirit River. The riding contained a large agricultural industry based on cattle farming, the border closure to live beef hurt the riding.
Peace River borders to the north and east. Lesser Slave Lake borders to the east. Grande Prairie Smoky and Grande Prairie Wapiti border to the south. Peace River South borders to the west in British Columbia

## Dunvegan-Central Peace history
### Boundary history

1 Dunvegan-Central Peace 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Peace River | Peace River, Lesser Slave Lake | none | Grande Prairie-Smoky, Grande Prairie-Wapiti |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here |
| Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1 ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the west boundary of the Province of Alberta and the north boundary of Twp. 104; then 1. east along the north boundary to the 6th meridian; 2. south along the meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 96 ;3. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W6; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 85; 5. east along the north boundary to the 6th meridian; 6. south along the meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 83; 7. east along the north boundary of Twp. 83 to the east boundary of Rge. 23 W5; 8. south along the east boundary of Rge. 23 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 82; 9. east along the north boundary of Twp. 82 to the right bank of the Peace River; 10. downstream along the right bank of the Peace River to the right bank of the Smoky River; 11. upstream along the right bank of the Smoky River to the north boundary of Twp. 80; 12. east along the north boundary of Twp. 80 to the east boundary of Rge. 22 W5; 13. south along the east boundary of Rge. 22 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 80, Rge. 21 W5; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Rges. 21 and 20 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5; 15. south along the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 78; 16. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31, Twp. 78, Rge. 19 W5; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 31, 30, 19, 18 and 7 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 18. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 19. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 77; 20. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 21. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 73; 22. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 24 W5; 23. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Little Smoky River; 24. downstream along the right bank of the Little Smoky River to the right bank of the Smoky River; 25. upstream along the right bank of the Smoky River to the north boundary of Twp. 75; 26. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 76, Rge. 2 W6; 27. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 28. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3 and 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 29. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 30. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 31. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in the Twp. and east boundary of the west half of Sec. 32 in Twp. 75, Rge. 2 W6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 32 in the Twp.; 32. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 32 and 31 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 31 in the Twp.; 33. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 34. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W6; 35. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 25 in Twp. 75, Rge. 3 W6; 36. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 25 and 26 to the east boundary of Sec. 27 in the Twp.; 37. south along the east boundary of Secs. 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 38. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 5 W6; 39. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 75, Rge. 5 W6; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 75, Rges. 5, 6 and 7 W6 and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Rge. 8 W6 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 75, Rge. 8 W6; 41. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 75; 42. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in Twp. 75, Rge. 10 W6; 43. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 44. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 27 in the Twp.; 45. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 46. west along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 21 and 20 to the east boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 19 and 18 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 48. west along the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 75, Rge. 11 W6 to the east boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 49. south along the east boundary of Secs. 11 and 2 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 50. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 75, Rge. 12 W6; 51. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 4 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 54. west along the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 75, Rge. 13 W6 to the west boundary of the Province; 55. north along the west boundary to the starting point. ||||
| Note: District previously named Dunvegan ||||
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Dunvegan-Central Peace :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Dunvegan 1986-2004 |||||
| 26th | 2004-2008 | Hector Goudreau | PC |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Hector Goudreau | PC |
| See Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley 2012-2019 |||||

### Electoral history

The electoral district of Dunvegan-Central peace was created from Dunvegan in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution. The first election in the new district was hotly contested between Progressive Conservative Hector Goudreau and Dale Lueken from the Alberta Alliance.
Lueken and Goudreau would face each other again in the 2008 general election. Goudreau easily held his seat and gained popular vote against Leuken. The construction of a nuclear power plant became a significant issue in that race.
The Dunvegan-Central Peace electoral district was dissolved following the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution to form Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley.

## Legislative election results
### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Hector Goudreau | 3,670 | 44.46% | -22.79% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Dale Lueken | 3,332 | 40.36% | – |
| | Liberal | Don Thompson | 689 | 8.35% | -13.33% |
| | New Democratic | Leon T. Pendleton | 446 | 5.40% | -0.43% |
| | Social Credit | Lanny Portsmouth | 118 | 1.43% | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,261 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 63 | – | – |
| Electors and turnout | Electors and turnout | Electors and turnout | 15,168 | 54.88% | -0.06% |
| | Progressive Conservative notional hold | Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | -31.58% |
| Source(s) Source: "Dunvegan-Central Peace Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2010. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Hector Goudreau | 4,147 | 51.99% | +7.33% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Dale Lueken | 2,339 | 29.33% | -11.03% |
| | New Democratic | Nathan Macklin | 1,202 | 15.07% | +9.67% |
| | Liberal | Bob Woken | 288 | 3.61% | -4.74% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,976 | 100.00% | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 59 | – | – |
| Electors and turnout | Electors and turnout | Electors and turnout | 16,497 | 48.71% | -6.17% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +9.18% |
| Source(s) Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly (PDF). Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 171–173. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Dunvegan-Central Peace | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Dunvegan-Central Peace | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Dunvegan-Central Peace | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Dunvegan-Central Peace | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Dunvegan-Central Peace | Turnout 53.72% | Turnout 53.72% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,407 | 12.57% | 38.78% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,328 | 12.15% | 37.51% | 1 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,192 | 11.44% | 35.32% | 10 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,180 | 11.38% | 35.12% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,103 | 10.98% | 33.88% | 7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,017 | 10.53% | 32.50% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 1,989 | 10.38% | 32.05% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,437 | 7.50% | 23.15% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,350 | 7.05% | 21.75% | 6 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,151 | 6.02% | 11.54% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,154 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 6,207 | 3.09 votes per ballot | 3.09 votes per ballot | 3.09 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,941 | 1,941 | 1,941 | 1,941 |
| 15,168 eligible electors |||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

## 2004 student vote results

* Participating schools
* Eaglesham School
* Ecole Heritage
* Fairview High School
* Hines Creek Composite School
* Kennedy Elementary
* Rycroft School
* Saint Thomas More
* Savanna School
* Woking School
On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Alberta Alliance | Dale Lueken | 280 | 38.41% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Hector Goudreau | 218 | 29.90% |
| | NDP | Leon Pendleton | 89 | 12.21% |
| | Liberal | Don Thompson | 82 | 11.25% |
| | Social Credit | Lanny Portsmouth | 60 | 8.23% |
| Total | Total | Total | 729 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | 25 |